Manco Inca Yupanqui, king of the Inca people and general of the armies, looked down the steep terraces on Ollantaytambo at the oncoming Spanish army. “Fire!”, he said to his archers. But the Spanish kept coming. It was January 1537.

Our jet arrived in the South American skies over the city of Lima, Peru along with the first rays of morning sunshine. Looking down with anticipation we wondered what would be revealed as we completed our long overnight flight from Portland.